CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 141 Court may hear applications at same time

CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 141

S. 141(1) amended by No. 87/2004 s. 22(2)(t).

    (1)     If an application for a civil forfeiture order, forfeiture order or pecuniary penalty order or a disposal order is made to a court before which a person was convicted of a Schedule 1 offence—

        (a)     the application may be dealt with by that court; and

        (b)     any function or power may be exercised and any duty may be performed by that court in relation to the civil forfeiture order, forfeiture order or pecuniary penalty order or disposal order—

whether or not that court is constituted in the same way as it was constituted when the person was convicted of the offence.

    (2)     A court may hear and determine at the same time—

        (a)     2 or more applications under this Act; or

        (b)     applications under this Act and the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 of the Commonwealth.

S. 141A inserted by No. 68/2010 s. 31.